[sdiy] Very OT: Computer Keyboard--Lightly Irrigated

[CCartCat at aol.com]

Forgive the offtopic, but I was hoping any hardware hackers among you could 
advise offlist:

Something like 1 or 2 teaspoons/ 5 or 10 or more milliliters of water 
[strawberry-flavored, so with a dash of citric acid/sucralose etc.] got 
dribbled into an iMac's USB Pro Keyboard.   I've been drying it out with 
fan-forced air and even a bit with a blow dryer. Nearly 48 hours later it's 
semi-functional but still has some dead keys (most if not all listed below).

Just wanted a reality check.  Am I really waiting for water to dry, or was 
something possibly blown by a resulting short?  

The optical mouse has been working fine.  The keyboard has worked 
progressively better, but the following non-functioning keys represent a now 
long-standing plateau:

--both Option keys
--both Apple keys
--the Return key
--the Enter key on the Number pad
--the Delete key
--the  +  =  key (to the left of the Delete key)
--all the Cursor keys

On whether I should keep the fan running or expect to get another keyboard, I 
welcome any info/experience/informed guesses.  (As you may have gathered, I'm 
not using the above computer/keyboard to write this post.)

Thanks for your time & assistance,
Kevin Seward